UV-VIS-NIR absorber to harvest energy for solar thermophotovoltaics

IF 2.8 3区材料科学 Q3 MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Optical Materials Express Pub Date : 2024-03-14 DOI:10.1364/ome.517791

Sumbel Ijaz, Muhammad Qasim Mehmood, Khaled A. Aljaloud, Rifaqat Hussain, Ali H. Alqahtani, and Akram Alomainy

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Abstract

Ideal ultraviolet-visible-infrared (UV-VIS-NIR) absorbers with consistent performance at elevated temperatures and severe climate conditions are crucial to harvest energy for solar-thermophotovoltaic systems (STPVs). As solar energy promises to fulfill the power demands, its efficient utilization through high-performing light-absorbing devices is inevitable. The requirement of high-temperature durability makes conventional plasmonics an infeasible choice, and those highly thermostable refractory metals/their derivatives suitable ones. In this work, a lossy refractory plasmonic material i.e. Zirconium-Nitride-based subwavelength, ultra-broadband, wide-angle, polarization-insensitive, and free-space impedance-matched metasurface absorber in a three-level Pythagorean fractal structure is demonstrated. A comprehensive investigative study is conducted with the successful attainment of more than 90% absorption between ∼ 500–900 nm with a peak of more than 98% at 655 nm. The mean absorption for wideband (200–2500 nm) is 86.01% and it is 91.37% for visible range. The proposed study provides an efficient choice of meta-absorbers for realizing highly efficient STPVs.

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紫外-可见-近红外吸收器为太阳能光热发电收集能量

理想的紫外-可见-红外（UV-VIS-NIR）吸收器在高温和恶劣的气候条件下仍能保持稳定的性能，这对太阳能热光电系统（STPV）的能量收集至关重要。由于太阳能有望满足电力需求，因此通过高性能的光吸收装置高效利用太阳能势在必行。对高温耐久性的要求使得传统的等离子体成为不可行的选择，而那些高耐热性难熔金属/其衍生物则是合适的选择。在这项工作中，展示了一种有损耐火质子材料，即基于锆氮化物的亚波长、超宽带、广角、偏振不敏感和自由空间阻抗匹配的元表面吸收器，具有三层毕达哥拉斯分形结构。研究人员进行了全面的调查研究，成功地实现了 ∼ 500-900 nm 波长范围内超过 90% 的吸收率，在 655 nm 波长处的吸收率峰值超过 98%。宽波段（200-2500 nm）的平均吸收率为 86.01%，可见光范围为 91.37%。这项研究为实现高效 STPV 提供了有效的元吸收剂选择。

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Optical Materials Express MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-OPTICS

CiteScore

5.50

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3.60%

发文量

377

审稿时长

1.5 months

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